Re: [flexcoders] Drag & drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app

[JesterXL]

David I know for a fact Zinc & mProjector allow you to drag and drop files to projectors (EXE's that wrap SWF's) so this could work for Flex 1.5 SWF's; only a matter of time till 2 is supported.  This is not in a browser, however.   Dos Flex 1.5 and Flex 2 both have built-in drag and drop functionality.  They just cannot interact with the file system while running in a browser.  So, anything you've seen with AJAX for drag and drop, you could probably do the same in Flex.     ----- Original Message ----- From: dos dedos To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Drag & drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I've seen many AJAX examples of drag and drop. Is drag and drop planned for Flex in the future (beyond 8.5) or is their some kind of fundamental reason not to have it? I have a feeling it can be done already but not it should be made easier. Drag and drop is a common feature of rich user interfaces. On the second point, I've been told on this list that the Flex-to-desktop interface is very tricky to implement. I have yet to see any documentaion/examples on how to do it. This aspect of Flex should be made simpler for developers who don't mind having their users install servers on the desktop. Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's not something that Player 8.5 is going to support I think.  There might be other tricks but the Player itself won't understand the drag and drop. Matt ! -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Katz Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:56 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Drag & drop *from* the user's file system into a Flex 2.0 app I know the Flash player is limited in its ability interact with the user's file system. I'm wondering if a Flex 2.0 application (and the new Flash player) has the ability to enable a user to drag a file or folder *from the file system* onto a Flex app and have the app perform an action (such as reading meta data on the files, uploading them, etc.). Does anybody have any insight about this? thanks, David -- David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Web site design development Computer software development Software design and development Macromedia flex Software development best practice YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "flexcoders" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.